Thank you for clarifying this point.
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my ISP have given me the following, i just need to know the difference.
1) WAN IPs x.x.x.x/30
2) LAN BLOCK IPs y.y.y.y/29
I just need to know the difference between, and how they can be use for us?
we definetly need IPs for Web browsing + creating rules on firewall and have our engeneerin connect?
i will appreciate answers?
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by: rochey2009Posted on 2009-10-08 at 06:28:46ID: 25525084
Hi,
The WAN ip address is just for the point to point link with your service provider so you'd have this on your interface connecting to the service provider's network.
You could use the LAN block for network address translation.